EHS Specialist

Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd; Ireland; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company in Dublin is looking for an EHS Specialist to enhance health and safety compliance at their manufacturing site. This permanent role includes overseeing safety programs, maintaining compliance registers, and supporting audits and investigations. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience in a site-based environment and a strong knowledge of EHS legislation. Flexibility for remote work may be available.

Responsibilities

• Lead existing Safety Programmes including Chemical Management and Ergonomics.
• Compile and maintain the Health and Safety Legislative Register.
• Support maintenance of safety management systems to best practices.
• Conduct regular site inspections and audits.
• Promote Health & Safety via competitions and awareness initiatives.
• Support operational excellence and digitization of site systems.
• Participate in Project Teams for health and safety assessments.
• Support accident investigations and root cause analyses.
• Ensure waste management compliance with regulations.

Skills

Site-based environmental, health and safety experience

Strong knowledge of Environmental, Health and Safety Legislation

Proven track record of maintaining compliance

Ability to communicate requirements clearly

Education

Educated to degree level in Science, Engineering or equivalent EHS discipline

Background in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Postgraduate qualification in Health and Safety

Environmental Compliance Postgraduate Qualification

Job description

EHS Specialist

About Astellas:

At Astellas we are making treatments that matter to people.

We are tackling the toughest health challenges putting the patient at the heart of every move we make.

Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn't a buzzword - it's a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient‑centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.

We have developed ground‑breaking, innovative medicines in immunology, oncology and urology. Our medicines are extending and saving the lives of cancer patients, making organ transplantation possible and improving the quality of life for those living with conditions where needs are often overlooked.

We take a patient‑focused approach, that allows us to convert brilliant early science into treatments and solutions that directly improve and save patients' lives.

The Opportunity:

The purpose of the EHS Specialist position is to provide technical support on all Health & Safety and Environmental, management systems at the Dublin site. The EHS Specialist shall develop and maintain health, safety and environmental programmes in collaboration with key stakeholders to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations, guidelines and best practices. The scope of activity on site includes 2 manufacturing plants producing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) of 4 distinct chemical entities, 4 laboratories, support utilities and warehouse.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead or support existing Safety Programmes to include but not limited to Chemical Management (Reach, CLP), Ergonomics, Machine Safety, Risk Assessment, Occupational Health, Occupational Hygiene Monitoring, Legionella etc.
• Compile and maintain the Health and Safety Legislative Register and Environmental Register.
• Support maintenance of the safety management system to ISO45001 and environmental management system to ISO14001 to ensure that the policies and procedures are consistent with best practice standards and regulatory requirements and that they also reflect continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide support for any external audits and carry out inspections and audits of the site on a regular basis.
• Promote Health & Safety via competitions, poster campaigns, notice boards and EHS weeks. Support the Health and Safety Awareness Group meeting to ensure employee concerns are addressed and implement suggested improvements as appropriate.
• Support the operational excellence program on site and digitization of site systems to ensure EHS principles are promoted and central to every role/task on site.
• Participate in Project Teams to ensure all process/plant/equipment installations are assessed from a health and safety and an environmental perspective.
• Support accident investigation and participate in root cause investigations of health and safety and environmental incidents/near misses on site to identify corrective and preventative actions.
• Support the EHS Lab and Environmental Lab to ensure testing is carried out in compliance with the laboratory systems and procedures and provide operational support in testing of samples as required.
• Ensure waste generated on site is managed in compliance with all relevant IE licence, Irish and EU legislative requirements. Maintain all records and information from a regulatory perspective for hazardous and non‑hazardous waste on site.

Preferred Knowledge / Skills & Experience:

• Site‑based environmental, health and safety experience working in a manufacturing pharmaceutical environment.
• Strong knowledge of current Environmental, Health and Safety Legislation/Regulation and current best practice.
• Proven track record of maintaining environmental, health and safety compliance in a pharmaceutical company.
• Ability to clearly communicate the environmental, health and safety requirements of activities.

Education:

• Educated to degree level in Science, Engineering or equivalent EHS discipline
• Background in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• Postgraduate qualification in Health and Safety if Primary Degree is not in Health and Safety.
• Environmental Compliance Postgraduate Qualification is an advantage.

Additional Information:

• This is a permanent position.
• Position is based on‑site in Dublin.
• This position is onsite with some flexibility to work from home 1 day a week depending on workload.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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